Work! -- Tell Us How It Defines You AND Your Irish Ancestors

Beannachtaí! (Greetings!) Lá Oibre Shona! (Happy Labor Day!) On this Labor Day Weekend, as we celebrate the working people of North America, we can also reflect on the struggles, sacrifices and triumphs of our Irish ancestors.

Right, a Time Magazine cover featuring George Meany, president of the AFL-CIO from 1955 to 1979. Meany was born in 1894 in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan, in New York City. His ancestors emigrated to the United States in the 1850s. (Wikipedia).

We invite you to share what your Irish ancestors did for work. What did they do in Ireland? Did they continue to do it when they emigrated to North America? Did they find work easily when they arrived here or did they have struggles?

Do you do something similar to what they did or something altogether different to make a living? Share your story here. Go raibh maith agat! (Thank You!) The Wild Geese Team

By the way, Ireland celebrates Labour Day (Lá an Lucht Oibre), aka May Day (Lá Bealtaine), which transpires the first Monday of May.